Christmas oratorio : cantatas I-VI / ballet by John Neumeier ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach ; from the State Opera Hamburg.



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Title from opening screen credits. Picture format 16:9 (widescreen); sound formats PCM stereo., DTS 5.1. Booklet inserted in container. "A co-production of BFMI with ZDF/Arte in cooperation with Hamburg Ballet."--Container. Bonus: Interviews with John Neumeier and Lloyd Riggins in English with German subtitles (15 min.) Recorded live. Staatsoper Hamburg. 2014 December 25, 27 & 29. Choreography, costumes and lighting, John Neumeier ; stage design, Ferdinand Wögerbauer ; video director, Thomas Grimm ; producer, Bernhard Fleischer. Julien Prégardien, Manuel Günther, tenors ; Mélissa Petit, soprano ; Katja Pieweck, alto ; Wilhelm Schwinghammer, bass ; supporting soloists ; Lloyd Riggins (a man) ; Anna Laudere (the mother) ; Carsten Jung (the husband) ; Karen Azatyan ( a shepherd) ; Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper ; Hamburg Ballet ; Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg ; Alessandro de Marchi, conductor. German dialogue; French, English, Japanese, German or Korean subtitles ; bonus material, English with German subtitles.

Title
Christmas oratorio : cantatas I-VI / ballet by John Neumeier ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach ; from the State Opera Hamburg.
Artist
Neumeier, John, 1942- choreographer, costume designer, lighting designer.
Subjects
Language
German, English, French, Japanese, Korean
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
John Neumeier choreographed the first three parts of Bach's oratorio as a complete ballet in 2007. In 2013 he combined parts of the 2007 version with a newly created second part to the last three cantatas of the oratorio which is presented here as a new work.
Year
2015
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